A number of players that will form the nucleus of the Dedham High boys basketball team had a successful weekend, winning the Fight Forth (Small School) Division of the third annual Wally Seaver High School Invitational on Saturday and Sunday at the Mass Premier Courts in Foxboro.

After dropping its first game on Saturday to Hopedale, Dedham reeled off five straight wins, culminating with a 74-50 win over Canton in Sunday's title game. Dedham managed to get some revenge for that opening loss by knocking out Hopedale in the semifinal.

"After that first game, they all played well," said Dedham High coach Chris Fraioli, who was at the game but forced to the sidelines as to not violate MIAA rules on out-of-season coaching. "If it was one person one game, it was another person the next game."

Dedham High alum Cam Clifford was in charge for the tournament and he had a roster of Hakeem Animashaun, Kevin Clifford, Kasey Kirby, Daisean Michel, Jack Powers, Robby Vogt, CJ Wells, Ryan Banks, Rico Rodriguez and an injured Raheem Powell.

After losing the first game to Hopedale, Dedham finished play Saturday with by beating Blackstone-Millville and Rocky Hill (CT). The 2-1 record left Dedham third as the third seed for Sunday's tournament round in the eight-team Fight Forth Division behind top-seeded Canton and No. 2 Hopedale.

Dedham rolled in the quarterfinal against Ashland and then took down Hopedale before Kirby and Animashaun led the team past Canton in the final.

The team has also been in a summer league in Randolph that includes Dorchester, New Mission, the hosts, two teams from Stoughton and a team from Milton Academy.

"It's been good to see them playing," said Fraioli.

Fraioli said that the nonleague schedule for the high school team is complete as Dedham will play a home-and-home with Coyle & Cassidy, two games in the Hutchinson Tournament in Bellingham, home games against Archbishop Williams and Somerset Berkley and host a tournament over the vacation week in February that will include Rockland, Martha's Vineyard and Wayland.